3501     PURPOSE OF CENTRALIZED PURCHASING 
(Revised  9/85) 

By concentrating all purchase responsibility in one organization, it is possible to achieve standardization to eliminate duplication of effort, and to lower prices as a result of volume buying.  Such organization permits the hiring of people professionally trained in the business of purchasing.  The vendors and the general public may thus look to one professional staff for information and for assurance that the State's purchases are being handled properly and economically.